A personal, penetrating, and polemical account of what Modernism is
and how contemporary literature has failed it The quality of
today’s literary writing arouses the strongest opinions. For
novelist and critic Gabriel Josipovici, the contemporary novel in
English is profoundly disappointing—a poor relation of its
groundbreaking Modernist forebears. This agile and passionate book
asks why. Modernism, Josipovici suggests, is only superficially a
reaction to industrialization or a revolution in diction and form;
essentially, it is art coming to consciousness of its own limits
and responsibilities. And its origins are to be sought not in 1850
or 1800, but in the early 1500s, with the crisis of society and
perception that also led to the rise of Protestantism. With
sophistication and persuasiveness, Josipovici charts some of
Modernism’s key stages, from Dürer, Rabelais, and Cervantes to
the present, bringing together a rich array of artists, musicians,
and writers both familiar and unexpected—including Beckett,
Borges, Friedrich, Cézanne, Stevens, Robbe-Grillet, Beethoven, and
Wordsworth. He concludes with a stinging attack on the current
literary scene in Britain and America, which raises questions about
not only national taste, but contemporary culture itself. Gabriel
Josipovici has spent a lifetime writing, and writing about other
writers. What Ever Happened to Modernism? is a strident call to
arms, and a tour de force of literary, artistic, and philosophical
explication that will stimulate anyone interested in art in the
twentieth century and today.
General
| Imprint: |
Yale University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
September 2011 |
| First published: |
October 2011 |
| Authors: |
Gabriel Josipovici
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| Dimensions: |
146 x 133 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
224 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-300-17800-5 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-300-17800-X |
| Barcode: |
9780300178005 |
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